For almost as long as telephones have been a common feature in homes and offices, telecommunication companies have regularly been faced with a situation where demand in a particular street or area exceeds the number of physical copper pairs available from the pole to the exchange.
This incident prompted Thoreau to write his famous essay, âCivil Disobedienceâ (originally published in 1849 as âResistance to Civil Governmentâ). Thoreauâs minor act of defiance caused him to conclude that it was not enough to be simply against slavery and the war. A person of conscience had to act.
The idea that âdisobedience is the true foundation of libertyâ is interesting but sounds to me like just another form of bondage. For this statement to be true we would always need something to rebel against so then we are still in bondage to the thing we are rebelling against.